Strange Recycling Submissions Collated
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 10:45:39
The UK's recycling resources have improved immensely over the past two decades. It is now possible to get rid of a wide range of unwanted items in a sustainable way; from old mobile phones to garden waste, the list of unrecyclable objects is shrinking by the year.
Yet even with all these advances, there is still a lot of uncertainty around what can and what cannot be sent for recycling amongst the British population. A recent report from BBC News identified some of the weirder things that have ended up at recycling facilities in the past.
Some people seem to be convinced that popping deceased domesticated animals in the recycling is the best way to dispose of the bodies, for example. A centre in Caerphilly revealed that it had received everything from a sheep and a rabbit to creatures at the more exotic end of the spectrum, including an iguana.
Inanimate objects of all shapes and sizes are also commonly left, even if there is little chance that a council-run recycling operation will actually be able to process them. This has covered the likes of deactivated vintage rifles, prosthetic limbs, large amount of cash and, in one particularly ambitious spot of attempted recycling, an entire boat.
Some of these deposits are made by mistake, but in many more cases it seems that people are either oblivious to the unrecyclable nature of an item or willing to turn a blind eye to the rules just to get it out of the house.
As more attention is being brought to the need to reuse and recycle as much as possible, rates will hopefully creep upwards. More awareness about the types of materials which can be recycled needs to be generated, and a more unified approach across the UK could help prevent mistakes.
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